To make another person hold his tongue, be you first silent.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place.